Whitesville High School - Wycenian Yearbook (Whitesville, NY)

Page 21 text:

GRADE SIX First Row: Marlene Matteson, Timmy McAllister, Clarence Christman, Norman Allen, Jeffrey Lewis, Allan Kailbourne, Nancy Carlosh, Second Row: Mickey Cramer, Evelyn Kailbourne, Jack Snow, Mary Sluyter, Dennis Pritchard, Kevin Sawyer, Judy Canfield. Third Row: Leah Hunt, Diane Hallett, Jacqueline Graves, Anne Coats, Kay Dibble, Ronald Hall, Alan Lewis, Brody Payne. Absent: Donald Pensyl, Lisa McCullough, Eleanor Haskins. GRADE SNAPSHOTS This entire page is sponsored by the BROWN STOUT AGENCY., WELLSVILLE. 17

Page 20 text:

GRADE FOUR First Row: Ann Derhammer, David Lathrop, Marcia Crittenden, Walter Swort, Anne Merrick. Second Row: Jacqueline Cramer, Janice Valleries, Judy Hall, Susan Ainsworth, April Folts, Charlene 31edsoe, Sheila Allen. Third Row: Colleen Schrader, Sherry Richmond, Roxanne Bills, Steve Horton, Emma Stocum, Donald Relsman, Karl Graves, Marlene Nesbit, GRADE FIVE First Row: Diane Lewis, Ann Flanagan, Terry Kear, Eddy Richmond, Lois Hunt. Second Row: Barbara Stafford, Sue Ann Weihoneig, Joe Allen, Dean Plaisted, Jack Jones, Cathy Lewis, James Pensyl. Third Row: Ilene Jacobs, Daniel Flamini, Cynthia Wood, Mary Richmond, Jean Easton, Moya Marble, Nancy Jones, Gayle Billings. 16 Tills entire page is sponsored by WILLIAM'S DEPARTMENT STORE.

Page 22 text:

MERLE L. BISHOP OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR We are truly proud that Whites- ville is Merle's home town. Recorded below are the honors bestowed upon him in America's largest city. MR. MATHEMATICS TURNS A QUIET 85 (Reprinted from The New York Times of October 22, 1961) Mr. Mathematics is 85 years old today, but as plain Dr. Merle Bishop he is not about to make a big thing of it. He was guest of honor at a reception in the Tutoring School of New York, where students and faculty baked a cake for him. He will also be a special guest at a reception in the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn. At both places he is a familiar and beloved figure. He has been teaching at the Tutoring School since 1956, shortly after his second retire- ment. He has been an elder emeritus at the church for even longer. A slight, pixie-ish individual with a crown of white hair. Dr. Bishop retired for the first time in 19l;7 after teaching mathematics in the city's four colleges for 20 years. Restless in retirement, he then became adjunct professor in New York Univer- sity, where he remained until 1956, his second retirement. Still restless. he joined the Tutoring School and is still going strong. Faculty members, students, and guests all vouch for his sparkling wit. Thousands of students will remem- ber Mr. Mathematics. He started teaching at Boys High in Brooklyn, one of the greatest secondary schools in the country, in 1906 and stayed there 21 years as teacher and then department head. Dr. Bishop was born in Spring Mills on Oct. 22, 1876. He was grad- uated from Whitesville Union School in 1893» Geneseo State Normal in 1896, Hamilton College in 1902. Every sum- mer he returns to the family farm at Whitesville. He has lived on Clinton St. in Brooklyn for more than 32 years and he is not about to move. Last year, even during severe snowstorms. Dr. Bishop never missed a class. MERLE BISHOP RECEIVES HONORS IN NEW YORK CITY (Reprinted from The Whitesville News of April 12, 1951) Dr. Merle Bishop was one of 17 persons who were presented Oscars as tribute from the Youth United Organi- zation for their contributions to alleviation of juvenile delinquency in the metropolitan area at a dinner attended by over 1000 people held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel to leaders in education and other fields of pub- lic service. From the program: His long career began in 1896 as principal of the Springweter Graded School. He has gained considerable popularity because of his sincere personal interest in his students. He has a happy faculty of remembering his students by their first names. A graduate of Hamilton College in 1902, Professor Bishop received his PhD from New York University. He taught at the New Rochelle High School from 1903-1906; Boys High School from 1906-1927 where he gained the repu- tation of being one of the most pop- ular teachers on the faculty; City College from 1930-19U7 and for the past 5 years at New York University. Professor Bishop's pet peeve is undone homework. Students, recog- nizing his dislike, willingly cooper- ated because of the inspiration he brought to them. 'I really like teaching,' Pro- fessor Bishop confides to his friends. The students openly state, 'We like the professor.' Giving pupils indi- vidual help in his spare hours in his office has inspired the formation of the '100$ Club in his two freshmen classes. This entire page is sponsored by CHAPMAN-BURR0US, GENESEE